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Patentd June 12, 1-894.

c BY E; B. GILDERsLEEvE.

GLOTHES DRIER.

(No Model.)

Um NW w UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE,-

E'ZRA B. GILDERSLEEV'OF Nnvv YORK, N. Y.

CLOTH ES-DRI ER.

` SPECIFICATION formng part Of Letters Patent NO. 521,368, dated June 12,1894

Application file July 19, 1893. vSerial No. 480,898. (No model.)

To al? wiz/m it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, EzRA B. GILDERSLEEVE,

'a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York,in the county of New York and State of New Yorlghave invented certain new 'and useful Improvements in Clothes-Driers,

|the construction of the drier by certain important changes in the form and arrangement of parts, and further, to increase the carrying capacity without materially adding to the weightof the structure.

Another object of the invention is to provide improved devices and means for securing the drier in position for use and adj usting the racks for carrying the clothes.

With these ends in view my invention'conslsts of the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, and details of construction, which Will be fully pointed out and claimed hereinafter.

To enable others to readily understand the invention I have illustrated the same in the accompanying drawings, Vin which- Figure 1, is a view par'tly in section of the drler in elevation, showing the same adj usted between the floor and ceiling of a room, with one of the racks folded and the other partiallyV open, both being adjusted on the standard at positions which may be changed as desired. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and showing, in dotted lines, some of the arms extended. Fig. 3, is'a vertical sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1,v

showing the construction and arrangement of the base-plate. Fig. 4, is a detail view of the ends of one arm and its supporting rod, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1 showing'a gnidin'g clevis and a holding Screw.

Referring to the drawings, in which letters of reference denote corresponding parts'in all the figures, A designates the standard on which the sliding pieces e carrying the racks' are arranged to slide, and for convenience it 1s made in two pieces,.the upper piece being secured rigidly to the lower by clips a on opposite sides of the standard. This standard is adapted to be firmly secured between the floor and ceiling, as shown in Fig. 1, and as a conven'- ient means for accomplishingv this end I employ the following simple devices: The lower end of the standard is provided Wit-h an opening-B,in Which a nut b is rigidly secured. A threaded bolt Cis arranged in this openingand the nut therein, and it has a ball and socket connection c, with a base plate c'. The upper end of the standard is provided With a pivoted cap D having, like the base c', a rubber ring or disk d embedded in its bearing surface to keep the standard from slipping when in position. After the standard has been placed in` position it is rotated on the base o' and bolt O until the cap and base are firmly clamped against the ceiling and floor respectively, the loose nut cl" being then adjusted close up' against the plate b'to remove the strain from the nut b. By this means a quick'adjustment of the drier can be made at any time without reference to any ordinary unevenness in the floor, as the ball and socket connection enables the base to adapt itself to any reasonable inclination, and still maintain the standard in a Vertical position. On each side of the clips a the standard is provided With a groove a', extending the entire length thereof, in which' the ends of the clevises E, whichV carry the sliding pieces e, are fitted and adapted to run. Athumb screw e' is arranged transversely through each piece e, near the lower end thereof preferably, which is tightened against the standard A, when the rack andcarrying piece have been properly adjusted, to hold the same in place.

The drier may be usedwith one rack, or With two racks, as desired, and as both racks are constructed alike it will only be necessary to particularly describe one of them.

A bow-casting F is secured near the upper end of the sliding piece e, on the bow f of which the arms of'the rack are pivoted. Beneath the casting F is a similar casting G carrying the supporting rods g which are pivoted thereto in a suitable manner'and are preferably somewhatshorter than the arms The arms f' are providedwith swinging rings or loops g' which are adapted to engage with the Shoulders on the ends of the rods g, when they are turned as shown at g" in Fig.

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4 at g' in Fig. 1.

4, or with the ends of the rods when they are provided with headed screws, as illustrated Vhen the drier is not in use the arms and their supporting rods hang, as shown in Fig. 1, in a natural and compactly folded position, and they may be secured by a cord or ribbon to retain them in such position. The rings g' are at all times around the supporting rods g, and by simply elevating the arms f the ringswill carrythe supporting rods up with them until they engage theinselves with the ends of said rods, as described. The

cnds of the bow f are extended through thev casting F far enough to carry another arm H, provided with the pins h, on which collars and cuifs may be hung, and these pins will not intei'fei'e with the proper working of the rack and other movable parts as they project only on one side of the arm, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. To furtlier increase the capacity of the drier I provide staples I in the lower side of the supporting arins g to which are attached individual shirt holders I', comprising the cross piece 'iand the hanger 71', one of which is shown in position ou an extended arm in Fig. 1.

The operation of the diiferent parts is very simple, and the independent adjustment of the racks, when two are used, enables the drier to be secured in any position according to the necessities of the situation. The rack is disteiided by simply elevating the arms f' to a horizontal position, the siipporting arms being carried up at the same time by the rings which afterward engage With the ends of said rods and lock the arms and rods iii place. After the clothes have been arraiiged upon the arms the rack is raised to a convenient position and the thu mb sci'ew e' operated to secure the same in place.

I am aware that changes in the form and proportion of parts and details of construction of my invention, may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof, and I therefore resei've the right to make all such altei'ations as fairly fall within the scope of my improvements.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a clothes drier, the combination with a standard, a cap pivotally secured on the upper end thei'eof, a nut b rigidly secured in an openingv in the lower end of the standard, a base c', a threaded bolt O operatingin said nut and opening and having a ball and socket connection cwith the base, and the nut d ar: ranged on said bolt below the standard and adapted to be screwed up on the bolt close to the standard, substantially as and for the pui'pose described.

2. The combination of a standard, a piece e arranged to slide thereon, a series. of arms f' pivotally connected with said sliding piece at the top thereof, a series of rods g pivoted to the piece and adapted to support the arms, and the rings g' 'carried by the arms to engage with the ends of the rods, when the arms are elevated, to hold them rigid, said rings being at all times around the rods and hold' ing the rods and arms coiiipactly folded when not in use, substantially as described.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 15th day of July, A. D. 1893.

EZRA B. GILDERSLEEVE.

Witnesses:

HERMAN GUsToW, WM. O. BELT. 

